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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has noted that Guyana’s economic transformation is advancing strongly and broadening in scale, but is also encouraging greater protection against the “Dutch Disease”. “Dutch disease” is an economic term used for the negative consequences that can arise from a spike in the value of a nation’s currency, that is primarily associated […]
Award winning Canadian airline, Air Transat, has announced that it will begin non-stop service between Toronto, Canada and Georgetown Guyana in December. In a statement from the airline, it explained that the new service will operate twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays, from December 16, 2025, to April 24, 2026. According to the airline’s Chief […]
Declaring that it feels compelled to share some of the findings of the preliminary forensic examination conducted on 11-year-old Adriana Younge, the Guyana Police Force late on Wednesday night sought to push back against what it described as a “barrage of misinformation being peddled in the social media intending to confuse and cause public mischief”. […]
By Svetlana Marshall The Government of Guyana has told the UN Human Rights Council that despite rapid growth and development, the country faces many challenges including Venezuela’s ongoing claims to two-thirds of its territory. The statement did not sit well with Venezuela, with the Spanish-speaking country signaling its objection as Guyana underwent its Universal Periodic […]
The Guyana Human Rights Association is raising questions about what it sees as the Government’s increasing use of private security firms, observing that the pattern is setting a dangerous precedent. In a statement, the Human Rights Association hammered the Guyana Police Force for its continued mishandling of high-profile cases, and instances of corruption within the […]
Thirteen days after the body of 11-year-old Adriana Younge was discovered in a pool at the Double Day Hotel after she was reported missing the previous day, Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken has been unable to provide critical information on the investigation into the death of the young girl which has sparked global outrage, and […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has defended the move by the Guyana Police Force to file terrorism charges against persons who were arrested in connection with last Monday’s unrest and looting in some parts of the country. More than forty persons have been charged and remanded to prison for inciting public terror after violent protest erupted […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today called for Assistant Commissioner of Police Khalid Mandall to face charges for creating public mischief and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Assistant Commissioner Mandall, was the Officer in Charge of Region No.3, when 11-Year-old Adriana Younge was found dead in the pool of the Double Day Hotel, which […]
The Ministry of Education will begin the distribution of the $55,000 cash grant for school children across the country from next Monday, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand announced today. More than 200,000 children from public and private schools are expected to benefit from the annual cash grant distribution, which includes the school uniform and supplies […]
A Chinese national, identified as Eddie Yang, who was working at the Zheng Xin Doors and Windows factory at Grove on the East Bank of Demerara, lost his life on Saturday when a large quantity of glass stored in a 40-ft container collapsed on him. The Labour Ministry has launched an investigation. A report from […]
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